German film entitled Yesterday and today. The "yesterday" portion Opens showing miserable situation of post-World War I economic depression in Germany. The interior of an idle abandoned factory. River barges sitting covered and unused. The closed entrance to an idle factory. In a brighter "today" part of the film, machinery is seen moving. People on bicycles and walking, fill sidewalks and streets going to work. More machinery seen operating.Smoke billows from industrial smoke stacks. More views of manufacturing machinery in operation. Adolf Hitler in civilian clothes is seen addressing a gathering of workers in a factory. He extols the German workers. Views of heavy construction machinery at work and arches being built for a long high bridge across a river. More views of bridges and highways under construction.
Destroyed infrastructure in Berlin after World War II. Civilians walk through the streets in Berlin. Demolished buildings in background. German policeman directs the traffic. Civilians on bicycles. Long line of German police march past with Brandenburg Gate in background.
German civilians move out with baggage in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia near end of World War 2, in Europe. Long line of German prisoners march through country side. Grasslands seen on either side of roads. American soldiers with guns and rifles stands near the tanks. German civilians expelled from Czechoslovakia with their baggage. Army vehicles moves ahead through the Czech town. Buildings on either side of the streets. Czech civilians watch as the vehicles pass through the streets. Armored vehicles and tanks pass the truck of German prisoners. Czech civilians and police wave. Happy Czech crowd of men, women, children, and Czech policemen cheers for the Allies. Sign on rural road indicating Praha (Prague) ahead. German prisoner soldiers on vehicles, horse carts, and on foot move on road, and include some Russian Liberation Army (ROA or Vlasov Army) and Czech soldiers riding on captured German tracked vehicles. Some soldiers walk at side of road.
A contingent of Armed Axis troops, led by an officer, marches West through Pilsen, Czechoslovakia, intending to surrender to U.S. and UK forces of the Western Allies during final days of World War 2. A long line of German soldiers follows, some in horse-drawn wagons, and similar conveyances. Among the troops are some from Russia in German uniforms. Some of the surrendering German troops appear to be young boy soldiers.
85th birthday celebration of Konrad Adenauer in Germany. Konrad Adenauer, former Chancellor of West Germany celebrates his 85th birthday with his family in in his house in Rhöndorf. Lighted candles in a silver bowl. Civilians in long reception line to greet Adenauer. Adenauer reviews troops. Adenauer and his grandchildren in the family observances. Ludwig Erhard, Chancellor of West Germany, toasts a glass of champagne with Adenauer. West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt greets the beloved former chancellor. Ministers and leaders congratulate Adenauer and raise a toast. Adenauer emerges on a balcony.
Final load test of Europe's longest bridge in France. The final load test of Europe's longest bridge and France's first toll bridge. A long lines of heavily laden trucks and tankers crawl across the bridge under the guidance of engineers.
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